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# Margaret River Hemp Company founder wins big at iHempWA Awards

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- 7 March 2024

## Margaret River Hemp Company Sweeps iHempWA Awards 2023, Winning Hemp Business of the Year and Lifetime Contribution.

It was a night of triumph for Margaret River Hemp Company at the inaugural iHempWA Awards 2023 as it was named Hemp Business of the Year and founder Georgina Wilkinson took home the Lifetime Contribution and Champion of Champions trophies.

The awards, which celebrate WA’s finest hemp growers, producers and manufacturers, were presented at a gala dinner last week featuring keynote speaker Labor MP and Select Committee into Cannabis and Hemp member Lorna Harper.

Guests included Legalise Cannabis WA MPs Sophia Moermond and Dr Brian Walker and the event was followed up the next day by the iHemp WA Expo.

The full list of winners were:

Hemp Business of the Year – Margaret River Hemp Company

 Grower of the Year – Gary Rogers

 Food Business of the Year – Vasse Valley Hemp Farm

 Spirit of the Year – David Chick

 Rising Star of the Year 2023 – Omega Assets

 Innovator of the Year 2023 – Hemp Squared

 Entrepreneur of the Year – Iggy Van

 Silent Achiever of the Year – Alison Rogers

 Educator of the Year – Bronwyn Blake – Vasse Valley

 Lifetime Contribution – Georgina Wilkinson

 Champion of Champions – Georgina Wilkinson

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